CL314

PETROLEUM AND PETROCHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Faculty :

Objective :

Primary Processing of Crude Oil:

Classification of crude oil, Atmospheric distillation, Vacuum distillation of residue-Products and distillation practice.

Secondary Processing of Crude Oil:

: FCCU, Hydro cracking, Visbreaking, Thermal cracking, Coking, Reforming, Alkylation, Polymerisation and Isomerisation process.

Treatment Techniques:

:Treatment techniques for removal of objectionable gases, Odours, to improve performance, Storage stability, Extraction of aromatics, Olefins and recovery operations from petroleum products.

Petrochemicals:

: Chemicals from methane and synthetic gas: Ammonia, Methanol and Hydrogen Cyanide, Chemicals from olefins: Ethylene derivatives, Propylene derivatives and Butylenes derivatives, Aromatics, intermediates for synthetic fibres, Plastics and rubber.

Environmental and Safety aspects in Refinery and Petrochemicals:

Waste water and effluent gases treatment from alkylation units and petrochemical units, safety aspects in the above industries.

TEXT BOOKS:

  1. W.L. Nelson, “Petroleum Refinery Engineering”, McGraw Hill, New York, 1985.
  2. B. K. Bhaskara Rao, "Modern Petroleum Refining Processes", 2nd Edn., Oxford and IBH Publishing Company, New Delhi, 1990.

REFERENCES:

  1. G. D. Hobson and W. Pohl., "Modern Petroleum Technology", Gulf Publishers, 2nd Edn., 1990.
  2. R. A. Meyers, "Hand book of Petroleum Refining Processes”, McGraw Hill, 1st Edn., 1980.